We?re often wondering how much bigger wind turbines will get ? 10 MW, 20 MW, even more? But what about the practicalities of getting those huge wind power components from the factory to the wind farm site?
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GE Technology Leadership at Railway Interchange
Established more than 100 years ago, GE Transportation, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is a global technology leader and supplier to the railroad, marine, drilling, mining and wind energy industries.
Continue readingABB to build pilot solar energy plants in South Africa
ABB recently invested in Novatec Solar, a leading provider of Linear Fresnel Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology, which uses flat mirrors to concentrate the sun?s energy onto a receiver to produce steam.
Continue readingTEi Equipment Selected for New Concentrated Solar Thermal Plant in Desert Southwest
The plant will be using Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technology to capture heat generated by sunlight to convert into electricity. Upon its completion, this solar thermal plant will generate 280 Megawatts.
Continue readingMexico?s First Integrated Solar Energy Company
As an integrated Concentrated Solar Power Photovoltaic Enterprise, Baja Sun Energy will also be able to provide the lowest-cost solar energy solution for North America.
Continue readingSolar Energy Innovations
DOE to provide $5.8 million to support early-stage solar power technologies through Incubator program at NREL.
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSP) – Global Market Size
?Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) – Global Market Size, Competitive Landscape, Regulations & Investment Analysis to 2020? is the latest report from GlobalData.
Continue readingEl Paso Electric receives 25 MW from two solar power plants
The Hatch Solar Energy Center uses concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems, powered by Amonix Inc.
Continue readingL.A.’s Car Rental Company Offers Electric Car Karma
The Fisker Karma, a stunning new entry to the hybrid luxury sports sedan class, is now available through MPG Car Rental, a Los Angeles-based rental company that specializes in electric vehicles.
Continue readingWind power could generate 20% of New Zealand’s electricity by 2025
Wind energy could generate 20% of New Zealand’s electricity by 2025, up from 4% today.
Continue readingGE to apply MRI magnet tech to scale-up to 15 MW wind turbines
The larger wind power levels leads to more favorable economies of scale (eg, fewer towers for a given wind farm output) that will help reduce the cost of wind energy.
Continue readingJapan could produce 80,000 MW with geothermal energy
Policy Institute in April estimated that Japan could produce 80,000 megawatts and meet more than half its electricity needs with conventional geothermal energy.
Continue readingUPS buys 100 all-electric vehicles
The 100 vehicles will be acquired from Electric Vehicles International (EVI) of Stockton, California.
Continue readingWind energy in Panama: first wind farm on the road
In Panama there is still no wind turbines in operation. According to the National Authority of Public Services (ASEP), there are 25 approved wind power applications.
Continue readingEOSOL Energies Nouvelles? new ground-mounted solar power plant
EOSOL Energies Nouvelles has specialization in solar energy, wind energy, biomass and solar thermal energy.
Continue readingToyota to produce electric vehicles in Ontario
Toyota will build its newest electric car with lithium ion batteries in Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced.
Continue readingNew wind energy plant planned for Iowa
The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that construction on the $235 million wind power project is expected to begin in 2012.
Continue readingVattenfall has installed the final wind turbines at its Ormonde offshore wind farm
The 150 MW wind energy plant consists of 30 Repower 5 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingIberdrola and Peugeot to foster electric vehicles in Spain
Our objective is to promote the use of electric cars with lithium ion batteries and to promote the implementation of specific initiatives.
Continue readingSopogy to develop solar thermal energy plant in Thailand
Sopogy has signed a MoU with a Thai company to develop a six-megawatt concentrated solar power plant in southern Thailand.
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